Lion

Synopsis

A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.

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dev and that child actor were both amazing in this. this is a very powerful film about memory and feeling like a part of yourself is lost (and then finding that and redeeming yourself). i think the cynics that weren't swayed have not experienced that feeling. this could have been corny, oscar-bait, and I went in thinking this, but this was simply a good film if watch closely and let yourself believe (lol)

I love Rooney Mara but her character was dismissible in this. The beginning and the end were emotionally strong, and Nicole Kidman's struggling and loving mother also earned her praise. A sweet journey, if a tad predictable.

Agreed with my Letterboxd's friend Lucy (Lucy, if you're also on MUBI, hey!): If this was an oscar bait then let me be the fish. Let me be the one who snapped that sharp, shiny, dangerous hook of the Weinsteins.

Nice to see an actor like Patel, who could have easily coasted through increasingly so-so films on charm alone, develop his skill through tenacity and good choices - he gives a restrained, mature turn (and nails the accent). That a rare good performance is coaxed from Kidman must also be credit to Garth Davis, who has put together as well-made a picture about identity and family as any before it.

Google earth....bringing people together. This is the kind of sentimental drivel that always seems to find an audience around awards season and that many would call a crowd pleaser. For the less saccharine inclined this becomes a pretty grating experience that wears out its welcome after the arresting first reel set in India. Patel only adequate here, Mara and Wenham wasted and Kidman miscast. Disappointing.